4 April 2026 – Saturday
4 April 2026 – Saturday

The Idiot

Streets of Minneapolis

Monday Briefing 30/03/2025

Homo Homini Broker: il realismo capitalista di Mark Fisher

The Laughable Libido: The Political Erasure of Older Women’s Desire in Cinema

Street Art as Social Infrastructure  

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The Idiot

What beauty saves the world? In Dostoevsky’s The Idiot, this question quietly turns into another: how do we live with so much suffering? Prince Myshkin accepts it. He holds on to a fragile kind of beauty made of compassion and innocence, an infinite love that endures even when it can’t fix anything. Ippolít Teréntyev doesn’t accept it. He can’t stand the tragicness of human condition, and rebels against it, slowly relinquishing what makes him human. Dostoevsky leaves the question open: can beauty carry us through the pain of existing, or are we condemned to relive it every day of our lives?
I wrote this piece to shine a light on the inner darkness of the human mind. Too many people choose to never speak about their memories, their feelings and their troubles out of fear of being judged or misunderstood. …
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Streets of Minneapolis

Streets of Minneapolis dimostra come la musica può ancora avere un forte valore politico e sociale. Springsteen riafferma il legame profondo fra arte e politica: il brano non si limita a raccontare un fatto di cronaca, lo trasforma in sentimento collettivo in grado di far smuovere l’animo della gente dimostrando che la musica non è solo intrattenimento o una storia d’amore, ma anche voce critica del presente.
In quante occasioni negli ultimi anni abbiamo letto e sentito cantanti essere duramente criticatiper aver parlato di politica o aver inneggiato alla pace durante concerti o festival della musica?Quante volte abbiamo sentito che la musica non è politica ed…
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Monday Briefing 30/03/2025

The Monday Briefing is back after exam season, with an even larger team! Internet is shaken by a LA jury, while the No Kings movement takes the street. Argentina and Brazil face different kinds of institutional problem. In Europe, Zelensky brings Ukrainian drones to the Gulf, while the EU Parliament approves new migrant regulations.
The Monday Briefing is back after exam season, with an even larger team! Internet is shaken by a LA jury, while the No Kings movement takes the street. Argentina and Brazil face different kinds of institutional problem. In Europe,…
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Homo Homini Broker: il realismo capitalista di Mark Fisher

Il capitalismo non è solo un sistema economico, ma l’orizzonte stesso del pensabile. Dalla fine della Guerra Fredda alla cultura pop contemporanea, il “realismo capitalista” descritto da Mark Fisher rivela un mondo in cui l’alternativa sembra scomparsa. È davvero possibile immaginare qualcosa di diverso? In questo nuovo articolo della colonna “Parole Forti”, Nicola Francia esplora le radici culturali e psicologiche di un’epoca che fatica a credere nella Storia.
Il capitalismo non è solo un sistema economico, ma l’orizzonte stesso del pensabile. Dalla fine della Guerra Fredda alla cultura pop contemporanea, il “realismo capitalista” descritto da Mark Fisher rivela un mondo in cui l’alternativa sembra scomparsa. È davvero…
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The Laughable Libido: The Political Erasure of Older Women’s Desire in Cinema

Cinema has always shaped how we see women—but what happens when they age? While men grow more desirable on screen, women are pushed into silence, ridicule, or endless self-reinvention. Across genres, their desire is mocked, feared, or managed, revealing how female sexuality is not lost with time, but gradually denied space to exist.
Cinema has always shaped how we see women—but what happens when they age? While men grow more desirable on screen, women are pushed into silence, ridicule, or endless self-reinvention. Across genres, their desire is mocked, feared, or managed, revealing…
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Street Art as Social Infrastructure  

Street art doesn’t just decorate a city, it can quietly become part of how a community lives, gathers, and remembers. From Maradona’s face in the Quartieri Spagnoli to the murals of Ponticelli, these walls aren’t just images but shared reference points, shaped as much by people as by paint.
For years, Ciro Maiello kept the window of his apartment in Naples’ Quartieri Spagnoli tightly shut. Not because of the noise, nor the narrowness of the streets below, but because when he opened it, it opened directly onto Diego Armando Maradona’s…
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From Art to Equity: is Fractional Ownership redefining collecting?

When a masterpiece is segmented into shares, its aesthetic value remains intact but its social function changes.
Rapidly evolving financial markets and digital technologies are increasingly redefining consumption patterns and challenging traditional notions of property. Not immune to these transformations, the art sector is responding by integrating models such as fractional ownership. This concept first took shape in real estate during the twentieth…
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La Grande Tragedia

La guerra non è un’anomalia della storia, ma la sua tragica costante. Dall’ascesa della Cina alle tensioni tra superpotenze, il realismo offensivo di Mearsheimer offre una lente spietata per leggere il presente. È davvero inevitabile la corsa verso l’egemonia? In questo primo articolo della nuova colonna "Parole Forti", Riccardo de Ambroggi offre una riflessione urgente sul destino del nostro tempo.
La guerra non è un’anomalia della storia, ma la sua tragica costante. Dall’ascesa della Cina alle tensioni tra superpotenze, il realismo offensivo di Mearsheimer offre una lente spietata per leggere il presente. È davvero inevitabile la corsa verso l’egemonia?…
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Tra i Leoni’s Guide to the 2026 Oscars

There’s something special about this time of year. The rush of catching up on films, the quiet moments in dark theaters, the group chats that turn into debates. Awards season has a way of reminding us why we love…
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One Thousand and One Nights: a Bridge to the Medieval Orient 

When you were reading tales as a child, there is a great possibility that some of them were from One Thousand and One Nights. The magical and mysterious world of merchants, voyagers, sorcerers, creatures, sultans and princesses portrays the whole spectrum of human nature. In these works of art, magic plays a very special role, and it is not used as means of escaping reality.
Oh, imagine a land, it’s a faraway place Where the caravan camels roam Where you wander among every culture and tongue It’s chaotic, but hey, it’s home. These are the lyrics to Will Smith’s opening performance in the 2019 live…
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